Doctors of the Church

Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)

Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225–1274)

64th Bishop of Rome, Head of the Roman Catholic Church from 590 to 604

German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)

Jerome (; ; ; – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was an early Christian priest, confessor, theologian, translator, and historian; he is commonly known as Saint Jerome.

Roman Catholic saint (1515-1582)

Church Father, Archbishop of Constantinople and Christian saint (c. 347–407)

Ambrose of Milan (; 4 April 397), canonized as Saint Ambrose, was a theologian and statesman who served as Bishop of Milan from 374 to 397.

Pope from 440 to 461 (390–461)

German-Dominican friar and saint (c. 1200–1280)

4th-century Christian bishop, theologian, and saint (329–379)

11th‑century Benedictine monk, Archbishop of Canterbury, philosopher and theologian

Burgundian saint, abbot and theologian (1090-1153)

Christian saint and theologian (c. 329 – 390)

Pope of Alexandria from 328 to 373 (296–373)

French Discalced Carmelite nun, Doctor of the Church (1873–1897)

Bede (; ; 672/326 May 735), also known as the Venerable Bede or Bede the Venerable, was an English monk, author and scholar. He was one of the best known writers during the Early Middle Ages, and his most famous work, Ecclesiastical History of the English People, gained him the title "The Father of English History". He served at the monastery of St Peter and its companion monastery of St Paul in the Kingdom of Northumbria of the Angles.

Hispano-Roman scholar, theologian and bishop (c. 560–636)

Italian Dominican saint (1347-1380)

Christian monk, priest, hymnographer and apologist (675/6-749)

Spanish mystic and Roman Catholic saint (1542–1591)

Irenaeus ( or ; ; ) was a Greek bishop noted for his role in guiding and expanding Christian communities in the southern regions of present-day France and, more widely, for the development of Christian theology by opposing Gnostic interpretations of Christian Scripture and defending orthodoxy. Originating from Smyrna, he had seen and heard the preaching of Polycarp, who in turn was said to have heard John the Evangelist.

French bishop, saint, writer and Doctor of the Church (1567-1622)

Patriarchate of Alexandria from 412 to 444

bishop of Nyssa

English cleric and cardinal (1801–1890)

Nestorius of Constantinople (; ; ) was an early Christian prelate who served as Archbishop of Constantinople from 10 April 428 to 11 July 431. He was a Christian theologian from the Catechetical School of Antioch, and several of his teachings in the fields of Christology and Mariology were seen as controversial and heretical, causing major disputes. In 431, he was condemned and deposed from his see by the Council of Ephesus, presided over by his archrival Cyril of Alexandria, but the counter-council led by John I of Antioch vindicated him and deposed Cyril in return. Nestorius refrained from

Bishop of Poitiers (c. 310 – c. 367)

Syriac saint, theologian and writer (c. 306 – 373)

Polycarp (; , Polýkarpos; ; AD 69 155) was a Christian bishop of Smyrna. According to the Martyrdom of Polycarp, he died a martyr, bound and burned at the stake, then stabbed when the fire failed to consume his body. Polycarp is regarded as a saint and Church Father in the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Catholic Church, Oriental Orthodox Churches, Lutheranism, and Anglicanism.

Catholic cardinal, saint, and Doctor of the Church

title given by the Catholic Church

Christian theologian, bishop, and saint (c. 313 – 386)

4th century Christian bishop and saint

Italian Catholic bishop and saint (1696-1787)

eleventh-century Benedictine monk

Greek bishop and saint

Armenian monk

Dutch, Jesuit priest, Doctor of the Church, Roman Catholic saint

Bishop of Ravenna

Spanish priest, Doctor of the Church

Patriarch of Antioch

bishop of Seville

Armenian saint

Christian bishop and saint

bishop

Armenian scholar

influential bishops of the early church (4th century)

Armenian saint and archbishop

Eastern Orthodox bishop and saint

Catholicoi of Armenia